- Publisher: Global Star Software
- Release Date: Oct 5, 2004
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There are some great elements and firefight sequences in Conflict: Vietnam but you just don't see them enough. And when you do, it's sometimes offset by other factors that ultimately mire Conflict: Vietnam's better traits into gameplay quagmire. Instead of an exciting battle, you find yourself slogging through the game.
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The clumsy controls never feel quite right, this is a war game that delivers the atmosphere and provides a well-presented version of the war, but fails on the implementation.
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Just another game MIA in the jungles of Vietnam. It's adventure, but just not adventurous enough.
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It's a solidly average game whose few original ideas are compromised by screwy controls, some pacing problems, and a punishing save-game system.
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Given your dim-witted team mates and the haphazard aiming, you're going to die quite often (mostly because of incoming grenades), and replaying such huge chunks of the levels is really frustrating.
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Unfortunately, figuring out how to work the controller is absolutely infuriating, meaning you go into firefights against stealthy Charlie with no knowledge of your environment, opponent, or weapon.
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PC GamerThe videogame equivalent of a bad Vietnam B-movie. [Jan 2005, p.88]
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Edge MagazineThe pacing, thanks to a combination of necessary haste and the weakness of your divided squad members, feels more akin to a corridor shooter; there's a constant sensation of feeling harried and hemmed in. [Oct 2004, p.107]
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Computer Gaming WorldThe controls can be semiclunky, both for issuing orders and for things like manual aiming. [Jan 2005, p.98]
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Squeezing the Desert Storm games into the currently fashionable Vietnam setting was a mistake. Open landscapes are replaced by claustrophobic jungle, eliminating tactical freedom. Players edge along narrow paths, progressing from one firefight to the next.
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That dark, propulsive song is a great mood-setter, but some memorable ambience can't fully make up for frustrating and uninspired missions, clunky combat, a horrible save system, and other flaws.
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Computer Games MagazineManages to recreate the chaos of Vietnam almost too well. It's an exhausting game, with very little let up. [Jan 2005, p.68]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 5 out of 16
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HossM.Feb 18, 2006
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JohnS.Mar 1, 2005Those controls. Are they kidding?
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JohnM.Jan 12, 2005Excellent game.